Walmart - End of an Era

[Bird]

I've not seen a Walmart Express, although I've been in a couple of "Neighborhood Markets" which, for those who are not familiar with them, are simply Walmart grocery stores.

 

[jonyyuma]

Our supercenter is open 24 hours aday. It had 30 registers, that lasted about a year. they then, pulled the center reg. out and put in self scanners???I resisted at first as one attendant handled 6 of them..But now due to lines we scan our own if it is practical. There are 6 fast---less than 20 items--lines, 3 on each end..Sometimes i duck out the auto dept. reg. if i only shopped the back of the store..Auto ,sport goods.ect....

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Our supercenter is open 24 hours aday. It had 30 registers, that lasted about a year. they then, pulled the center reg. out and put in self scanners???I resisted at first as one attendant handled 6 of them..But now due to lines we scan our own if it is practical. There are 6 fast---less than 20 items--lines, 3 on each end..Sometimes i duck out the auto dept. reg. if i only shopped the back of the store..Auto ,sport goods.ect....

I hope we can get that option. Kroger had it for a few years and pulled the self scanners for some reason.

 

[pacerron]

I hope we can get that option. Kroger had it for a few years and pulled the self scanners for some reason.

Our trek a couple times a month to the nearest Walmart Super Center is usually earlier in the day. We get there around the " Ra, Ra, Ra meeting time of the employees. After that most seem to dissapear. There are 25-30 registers but never more than 1 human one at each end, if that. I clerk watches over the "do it yourself" machines and is usually busy trying to get them to work for the folks that try them.
Sometimes a human register in the middle if they don't turn it off and dissapear while your getting there.
Most big marketers have had the less than 20 items register for years. I still fail to see the logic of rewarding people that buy a few dollars worth of stuff with quick service while making people that have carts with hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise stand in line and wait for 10-15 minutes to get out.

 

[Bird]

Some of the Walmarts in this area have self scanners and some do not. I don't know how they decide which ones to put them in. The nearest Home Depot has the self scanners and I use them because otherwise it's usually a long wait to get checked out.

 

[Soundguy]

I disagree. Walmart (and other big box stores as well) didn't "single-handedly killed off Main Street America", so-called "Main Street" committed suicide.

While none of the Walmarts here are the super WMs (ie-no grocery store), they are open late 7 days a week. This in contrast to downtown merchants who are generally open M-F 8-5 and maybe Saturday morning...not very convenient for someone who works for a living.
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I agree. I get off work later than 90% of the business's I need to shop at are open.. menaing I have to use lunch hour to hit them.

very inconvienient.

nice to be able to get off work at 10pm thru 1am and be able to hit a 'real store' on the way home...

 

[Soundguy]

Our supercenter is open 24 hours aday. It had 30 registers, that lasted about a year. they then, pulled the center reg. out and put in self scanners???I resisted at first as one attendant handled 6 of them..But now due to lines we scan our own if it is practical. There are 6 fast---less than 20 items--lines, 3 on each end..Sometimes i duck out the auto dept. reg. if i only shopped the back of the store..Auto ,sport goods.ect....

our local store was 24 lines, 4 of which are the express 10 item jobs on the end. 1st one is a 20 item line, plus smokes.. no self checkout lines.. though we could use a few. of the other 19 lanes.. I've never seen more than a couple open.. IMHO.. a waste / cost if they are not gonna be staffed. at another local store, during rush time., I have seen as many as half the registers staffed, with lines 10-12 people long.. again.. why the extra registers?

soundguy

 

[jonyyuma]

Our Super sized Kroger has at least 6 selfscanners, and always two or more humans, plus service center attendant...WM has at least 6-8 scanners. Plus the tobacco spot, the garden center on the end, and the automotive store...Usually about 8 other humans in the front section, our store is the only super WM store for 30 miles.

 

[aczlan]

IMHO.. a waste / cost if they are not gonna be staffed. at another local store, during rush time., I have seen as many as half the registers staffed, with lines 10-12 people long.. again.. why the extra registers?

I like the Lowes system... More than 3 people in line and they open another register (calling a Code 50 if needed to get another cashier).

Aaron Z

 

[Soundguy]

our lowes has 4 of those self serve registers.. ok for bagged parts with sku #'s.. not good for bulk hardware, lumber or custom stuff.. but heck.. never any waiting cuz nobody uses them.